Sermons

Living with Purpose and Perseverance

Hook Good morning, church! My name is Conrad, and I’m one of the pastors here. If you need a Bible throw your hand in the air and our of our Serve Team members will make sure you get one. Go ahead and turn to the book of Hebrews. And while…

Godly Sorrow vs Worldly Sorrow

[INTRO YOURSELF] [ANNOUNCEMENT: ONE SERVICE NEXT SUNDAY] [HAND OUT BIBLES] HOOK It might surprise you to learn that I was not a very good student in high school… that probably why I ended up in Bible College rather than a real school. Anyway, one class stood out above the others…

Batman, Barbie, and Jesus

Hook Good morning all, my name is Conrad and I am one of the pastors here. If you need a Bible to follow along in our Bible study this morning, put your hands in the air and one of our ushers will make sure you get one. I have long…

The Advent of Grace

HOOK [Introduce yourself, get a Bible, turn to Titus, Pastor Joel is sick] In 2005, a small, neglected painting was put up for auction in New Orleans. It was a modest piece—darkened with age, overpainted to the point of obscurity, and regarded as little more than an above-average attempt to…

The Unforgivable Sin

Hook Intro / Joel / Bibles / Mark 3 Kids Klub Delivery Man Skit Ralph refused to believe that Joe Brown was who he said he was. {P} Insistent intentional ignorance Book (Mark 3:20–30, NKJV) 20 Then the multitude came together again, so that they could not so much as…

The Portrait of Love

Hook [Intro yourself. Hand out Bibles. Communion in coming.] I used to spend my summers in Toronto working with my father. He owned a roofing company, but did plenty of other general contracting work. One day he dropped my brother and I off at this old Italian lady’s place to…

The Picture of Love

Hook [Introduce yourself and hand out Bibles] You might not know it to look at me, but I am a nerd. I used to write code for a living. I have a wall full of Marvel and DC comic books. I have created my own board games AND attended a…

The Church As… the People of God

1 Peter 2:9–10  HOOK [[ The crazy driver with the Jesus Fish / A terrible Witness ]] BOOK (1 Peter 2:9–10, NKJV) But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out…

Bold As Love

HOOK Brother Andrew story Pt I Smuggled Bibles into closed countries Faced with an inescapable Romanian checkpoint Cars being torn to pieces How will he escape? BOOK (Ruth 2:2–9a, NKJV) 2 So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain…

The Church As… the Building

HOOK This morning I’m going to do the most controversial thing I have ever attempted from the pulpit. I am going to use Harry Potter as a sermon illustration. Send your complaints to brady@mountainspringscc.com. If you look past all the fantasy elements of wizards and magic and flying broomsticks the…

You’re Bad at Being God

1 Corinthians 4:1-13 https://www.youtube.com/embed/h0oX7rqp_QI?feature=oembed Manuscript: HOOK What is your favourite season? [Hand out Bibles] Spring? Summer? Fall? Winter? I’m a bit of a special case. I have two favourite seasons. Christmas and Baseball. And with Christmas now behind us, and pitchers and catchers reporting to Spring Training in just over…

Bold as Love

HOOK Brother Andrew story Pt I Smuggled Bibles into closed countries Faced with an inescapable Romanian checkpoint Cars being torn to pieces How will he escape? BOOK (Ruth 2:2–9a, NKJV) 2 So Ruth the Moabitess said to Naomi, “Please let me go to the field, and glean heads of grain…